21st Century: Query 88 (Coretta Scott King )
“On
Thanksgiving Night, 1942, when I was fifteen years old, white racists burned
our house to the ground.”
In Jim Crow
America, rampant racism and crimes against African-Americans did not take a
holiday. While most families were able to celebrate Thanksgiving in peace and
harmony, many African-Americans could not. What was your worst Thanksgiving
ever and how did it compare to that of Coretta Scott King’s?